Heraklion Walking Tour with tasting
Meet with your guide at the terminal of Cretan Spiti Travel at 10.30 to start exploring the historical city center of Heraklion. Visit, along with your expert tour host, Heraklion’s major monuments. Travel through time and its rich history. Discover the past and present of a city that combines old with new. The 7th labor of Hercules was performed here, the birthplace of famous painter El Greco and writer Nikos Kazantzakis. On this tour, hear stories about Heraklion's turbulent past and visit its legendary churches, fountains, and monuments like Saint Minas Cathedral and Lion’s Square (here you will have the opportunity to taste traditional Cretan Mpougatsa and raki). Continue with Tito’s Church, Heraklion Town Hall, Kule’s Fortress, and other Venetian monumental buildings. Return to the terminal at 13:00.
Options
Heraklion & Tasting (Italian)
Italian-speaking guide
What's included in Heraklion Walking Tour with tasting
(Subject to Option Inclusions)Itinerary
Cathedral of St. Minas
The Agios Minas Cathedral is a Greek Orthodox Cathedral in Heraklion, Greece, serving as the seat of the Archbishop of Crete.
Agios Titos Church
Saint Titus, or more properly the church of Agios Titos in Heraklion, is one of the most important monuments in the centre of town.
Morosini Fountain (Lion's Fountain)
Lions Square and Morosini Fountain in Heraklion
Inclusions
- Mpougatsa & Raki Tasting
- Professional T/L
- VAT and all legal taxes included
- Pick up-drop off transfer
- Gratuities
- Anything that is not specified in the program as included
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- Children must be accompanied by an adult
- Our company is not responsible for the client’s failure to appear at the meeting point for the booked tour or activity.
- Last minute cancellation of flights or inability to disembark from a cruise ship, is not our company’s responsibility, therefore any refund requests due to such incidents will not be accepted. Should the client be aware of such a change, he/she is requested to communicate with our company more than 24 hours before the tour or activity starts, in order to discuss possible date or time amendment (subject to availability)
- Refund requests for last minute cancellations (up to 24 hours before the tour or activity), for any reason, will not be accepted.
Meet
Pickup and Dropoff
You will make your own way to the meeting points
Meeting / End Points
- Across from the entrance of the Heraklion Archaeological Museum, in front of Hari’s Creperie, Heraklion
